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Super Members Council names deputy chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
Following a promotion, Georgia Brumby is now deputy chief executive of Super Members Council (SMC). Brumby has been appointed to the role with immediate effect. She has served as executive general manager, advocacy since SMC's creation in October last ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... Budget, according to a Corinna Economic Advisory report by Saul Eslake. In the report commissioned by the Super Members Council (SMC), Eslake said that decades of evidence clearly show that when housing demand outstrips supply, policies which have allowed ...

Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... they need immediate support with the costs of caring for their newborn they have that choice too." The Super Members Council (SMC) said the Coalition's support for paying super on Commonwealth Parental Leave Pay is very welcome - but its bid to make ...

Superannuation objective legislation hits Senate floor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... particularly lower income earners can experience a dignified retirement," she added. Earlier this week, Super Members Council (SMC) called on all Senators to pass the bill swiftly. The SMC said the bill would serve as a "guiding light for future policy ...

Australians robbed of super savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... are being cheated out of $5.1 billion annually in superannuation, according to an analysis from the Super Members Council. SMC modelling showed that nearly three million people were denied $5.1 billion in superannuation entitlements in just one year ...

Super's board requirements are sound: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
Super Members Council chief executive Misha Schubert has defended the selection requirements for superannuation fund boards in the wake of the CFMEU scandal. Schubert said the shared governance model of profit-to-member funds was created with a "clear ...

Industry demands action to stop abusers claiming victims' super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... indirectly contributed to a victim's death. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Super Members Council (SMC), and Women in Super have appealed to assistant treasurer Stephen Jones and other "key ministers" to reform superannuation ...

Super for housing will cause rents to soar: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
New research from the Super Members Council (SMC) has revealed using superannuation for house deposits could, over time, increase rental prices. SMC said the Coalition's plan to use super for house deposits is projected to cause a 9% spike in the ...

Advisers call for apology from Super Members Council

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... formally apologise for its recent remarks about "dodgy financial advisers." Earlier this week, the Super Members Council (SMC) renewed calls for anti-hawking legislation to be extended to stop financial advisers using third parties to cold call consumers ...

Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) has revived its predecessor's calls to extend anti-hawking legislation, slamming a sub-set of financial advisers using social media posts and cold calling to drum up business. Prior to its merger, the Australian Institute ...